[000:00:00;00] ah was, ah, this is the w news. why from berlin or b as prime minister secures another term in office after snap electrons. nicole plus guns party wins over 50 percent of the vote. that the result that he is likely to surprise many after a media's disaster setback, and its recent war with neighboring us by john hopkins, also go to the polls in an election long delayed by the krona virus crisis. voters gave their verdict on prime minister abi optimist. reform agenda. unique discuss,

slapping fresh sanctions unveiling risk. that wouldn't have any effect on alexander lucas shank. those iron grip on power. and at the european football championship, a perfect 3 wins out of 3 for 8 old. yeah. their fans go to the room as the teen beats whales to reach the tournament, knocked out the pages as for when the me and a warm welcome to viewers around the world, unlike local armenian prime minister, nicole pershing. yon has won another term in office after snap parliamentary elections, official results show his party has won over 50 percent of the vote. caution yon called the pole to shore up his mandate after disastrous war with answered by

joanne last year. last year sees fires or armenia lose large swaps of territory in the long disputed nagondo corps by region. the election result could impact the future of the agreement with us by john. the result came instead of the after the polls closed, one figure was available quickly. turn out, despite and emotionally charged campaign, only half the eligible voters cost that bothered incumbent nicole petunia and the paid on facebook. shortly after accounting started the claim. victory. but we already know that we won the convincing victory in the elections and we will have been seeing majority in parliament in force fashion young called the election in a bit to stabilize his government. armenia is still smarting from its defeat. as about john in the war over the

disputed enclave. nagondo kara, with a peace treaty broken by russia in november the loss of ways of territory. a mass after thousands of on indian soldiers had died in the fighting the last war kicked off a wave of protest. we've demonstrated, even stormy, the parliament. and yet, yvonne did, i want to be able to get up in the mornings and go out from my exercise without finding a demonstration outside on the street meeting. the last 3 years have been awful icon in the politics. it's all gone tightly wrong. my present rebecca chevy is heading for 2nd place in the polls. far behind pushing ins party. he's already cried foul over the result,

claiming fraud. but that's unlikely to concern pushing young hu, one international praise. so leading the country to its 1st free and fair election . 3 years ago and looked set to emerge victorious once more. d w, correspond. nick connelly is in the your median capital. yerevan. nick, it looks like with almost all the votes counted, it looks certainly like a convincing win for the incumbent. nicole passion yon despite polls that showed that he was running neck and neck with his opposition. so how did this happen? while those was definitely a bad evening, a bad election for the posters, for the pundits. i think you have to remember that, especially in smaller countries where there are the financial resources for lots of extensive polling and polling good polling is expensive. that kind of polling is normally paid for by one of the political parties that had an interest in portraying a certain tendency in voters intentions. certainly though it was very difficult to see this coming. we spoke lots of votes just at the polls. very little open

enthusiasm personnel. i think maybe there was a certain unwillingness to kind of come out with their support, especially after this disaster 2 feet in war 2 as a by john, but feel maybe a grudging recognition that he was the best alternative. the best option on the ballot, so very difficult to tell, but then the surprisingly convincing victory for the incumbent after lots of months are pretty stormy politics. and i mean, you know, how she physician taking this was not well as the show. it's all they've already said that they are going to appeal lots of different results from various publications across the country. so far they haven't brought any examples that would really change this results significantly. they talk about pressure from the government on various members of their political party. they talked about illegal electioneering and kind of propaganda by the government party of the building coffee officials in the days leading up to election. whether or not they're

actually gonna accept this results is still unclear. both parties, both the front running parties had said that they would hold rallies today, bring out the support some streets. and so that could still be some of the scenes today. if it turns out that the 2 front runners, we're going to bring out that people onto the boat, some streets, van, and try and kind of seal the selection with the feature on the grounds. it puts you on does in fact come out of this with a renewed mandate, waiters armenia go from here, especially given the fact that the tensions are still running very high with neighboring eyes by john what exactly, even if the internal situation comes down and the opposition and their support is recognized. this results nicole pushing on is really going to have his work cut out to him. we were up in the mountains on the border with other by john just a few days ago where the border is being demarcated. basically, you have a 20 year old conscript up in the mountains, 3000 meters standing off 15 meters from these areas. they've been shot far, they've been sold as kidnapped. there's lots of potential there for escalation to

continue. and a lot of people here they think sci fi is merely a pause to this conflict. it's been going on essentially 3 decades rather than any kind of resolution. and then nichol question will have to deal with russia. vladimir putin is this country's most important ally. but he had backed implicitly, the opposition's candidate, robert cut you down. so there's going to be a lot of diplomatic patching up to do that. and a very tough set of challenges for this new government to result here. and i mean you w a, nick connelly in yerevan for us many, many things if you ok and have begun voting in general elections that are seen as the 1st major test, your prime minister abi, off ned and his ruling coalition, the elections were scheduled to take place last year, but were delayed by the pen dammit, the grown or virus isn't the only challenge that is facing. the vote comes, is war, rages in the northern region and turn triggering

a famine that threatens hundreds of thousands of people. opposition groups have accused ethiopia the ruling party of harassment, but the prime minister has promised that the election will be peaceful when all the men came to power. he was lauded as a reformer, lifting bands and opposition parties and free and thousands of political prisoners . his efforts to end hostilities in the region also saw him, awarded a nobel peace prize. but i'll be a man. it's facing mounting pressure, both at home and abroad. ethiopians international partners, one quick end, the ongoing conflict graph region fighting there between the regions former ruling party, the t growing people of ration front and both government in eritrea. troops has caused untold thousands of lives and spread famine throughout the region. un figure, say over 350000 people here are facing acute hunger. that includes tens of

thousands of children. monday's pulling has been twice delayed due to the pandemic and logistical challenges still remain. many opposition parties are also boycotting the election because leading members of jailed the accused the government of rolling back many of our b of meds, initial reforms, hardly no suspicious backdrop for the 1st major test of the prime minister's prosperity party. but in the run up to the vote, mister med remain confident? seeing the pulling would be his country's 1st attempt a truly free and fair elections. i'm doing now by reporter maria girth. nicole, the school at pulling station in addis ababa. maria does prime minister abi augment look sent to win this election. well, there have been no surveys that to kind of determine whether or not what the voter

turnout will be. what we know is that 30000000 are registered to both. almost $2000000.00 of them will vote in the capital, addis ababa, but the 1st person is considered to be the favorite in the electron inherited networks, the party structures of the former ruling coalition. and therefore, it often heard some of its influence also in the room. yeah, reason which is the country's most populous region. 2 of the main parties which could have posed it's helen to the prime minister or the election. they're not running that are places. however, that could be part of the high region where the national movement has quite a live popular support and as well as to up to this maybe in the my and about

their day me or drowned about bad results are not expected until july 1st. and we have to take into consideration that's $67.00, which is not voting as a monday in addition to the entire region as well. no one the nobel peace prize in 2019, in part of course, as recognition of his achievements, how much has he actually achieved? especially given this ongoing unresolved conflict antigua well, i be won the nobel prize mainly so one man, that's the piece a deal that he start between and every trip. but the still, of course now has been a different life given the figure i read them and the reason that is bordering every trans accomplish going on there last november between the army and the former ruling party, the great people ration from and every transporters are actually in guys, fighting against their low enemy,

tell us that they're also being committed several atrocities including the killing of civilians. so this is about me and i can be different life. and of course, nothing international criticism for the situation and for the way that he's been handling that report in maria grids nicholas school in out of sob about many thanks . here's a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. and there's our french for right leader marine. the pens party perform weaker than expected and regional elections on sunday projects and show the republican party of former president nicholas or cosy on course to come out strongest for the 2nd round of voting and frances. 13 regions in 96 departments will take place in a week. palestinians have protested against the new is really settlement in the west bank. they burn tires instead of firecrackers close to the town of nablus. the

area has seen multiple demonstrations israeli settlements in the west bank or illegal under international law. 6 6 libya has reopened the key highway link in miss rhonda in the west with the coastal city of sir. after 2 years of closure, unity government head. abdulla need baber, use a mechanical dig it to remove the growth roadblock at the last western check. but the eastern base libya national army of commission has not allowed traffic through large ports of romania or battling severe floods after a heavy rainfall. hundreds of houses in the eastern european nation are underwater . some residents needed to be evacuated meteorologist, more and more rain could be on the way. do you, foreign ministers meeting today? are set to black with dozens more supporters of dilution leader, alexander lucas franko. his i,

and grip on power shows little sign of loosening. his ongoing repression of the countries democratic movement has sent many activists into exile or jail and helping lucas shan't go cling onto power is the country secret service and the climate of fear they've created. the soviet dictator yoseph stolen lose larger than life at this military theme park, near men's people from all over billers have come to celebrate the so called border guard day. many like yell enough support. alexander lucas. shank. oh, she works in a meat processing plant in breast on the polish border. she can't understand why people in bella. ruth wants to be rid of lucas jenko. one of the most important things in life. we have a salary, a job. we live in peace and our kids get a good education for me and my family. the current leadership is exactly what we

need. we like living in bella russo. i don't want change in the foreseeable future . mastery, do i need to get the arch, young cuckold, if she's bella ruth in a positive light, he's a truck driver but has no desire to travel abroad and he feels safe with lucas shanker in charge. you go to stimulus. i'm not saying i like him, but i don't see who else i could vote for. was lucas shanker was leader. i can let my son play on the streets without any concern. i sleep in my lory cabin without worrying that something could happen to me. many people here are untouched by the pro democracy movement. they watched a tv and work in state or companies or for the military or police. above all, it's the support of the secret service, the k g b. that is helping lucas, shank, oakland to power agents hound opposition activists and generate a climate of fear. valerie costco once worked for the k g,

b himself wellness of which he knows why there is virtually no descent in its ranks . you pro charger. first of all, they make good money compared to those who plow the fields or work in the factories around their operations have taken on a criminal element. so lucas shank needs people who already have blood on their hands. correct, and i will cause them to move them. there is no way out grow. you also, you cover up there that are in your and need ensured that the opposition is red and white banners have all because appeared all that visible is the soviet era red and green of the countries official flag for many it's become the symbol of lucas regime. one tool western leaders have tried to use the loosen location. it goes grip on power has been targeted sanctions like asset freezes. they've been in place for the better part of 20 years. but so far they've seemingly had little

effect on lucas shank goes with terry. and rule d w analysis using freedom of the press and freedom of speech among other parameters to measure belushi and democracy found little positive change since they were introduce. the recent mass protest may have had some positive effect on democratic participation. but those gains have been short lived with little sign. the 2 decades of sanctions have encouraged, democratic development in b. louis, i'm joined by d. w. sondra peterson, head of our research and investigations team. sondra. the 1st question has to be the fact that lucas shank has been in power for 27 years and much of that under sanctions. so the clear question is do shit sanctions work or not? it certainly doesn't look that way. i mean, having a look at that graph, if you would kill you think they don't work, but it is not as simple as that. i have come to learn that sanctions really are not the black and white seeing. there are many shades of gray. so let's look at what we

have so far. what we have seen are targeted sanctions against glucose. shank lists within which means the freezing of bank accounts, foreign assets, and also travel bands. and what we haven't really seen is broader economic sanctions, the broader sanctions applied. so far has been the closing off of the european space for across from bella. ruth. and that is for a reason because the and the countries that do thanks and had a huge learning term after and experienced in the 1900 ninety's with regard to iraq. if you remember the iraqi functions of the early 1900 ninety's, what we saw was in nearly total block 8. but yet then dictator, saddam hussein manage sustain power while millions of iraq he suffered from poverty, hunger and disease because of the sanctions. so something like this should never happen again,

and that was why targeted sanction the flavor of the day hitting the elite and specifically the but when the european foreign minutes, the me today, we will most likely see much talk about broader partial sanctions. and we will see more people added to the blacklist, but also we will see probably a ban on new loans and, and to you export credit and also possibly sanctions on sectors of the bell or russian industry like the fertilizer industry and the oil industry, which creates a lot of revenue, but that will in that we're most lackey also had a population. of course you've been clearly at analyzing data about sanctions in their effectiveness. so what are you key findings? well sanctioned s touch are no stand alone talk to democracy, ties or talk receipts or dictatorships. clearly not. but what we can say is that about a 3rd of them in the past 25 years has led to some sort of confession by the sanctioned state. and when it's a confession,

i don't mean to complete turn around as a regime change. i mean, maybe the beginning of talks, maybe a reduction in violence, something like that. and if we look at trying to balance, for instance, there is a trevor been in place against lucas shinkel himself ever since november 6th. try the band had a success rate of 36 percent. and if you look at the broader sanctions in comparison, like on trade for instance, they had a success rate of 40 percent. and what i found quite interesting and to military cooperation that reached the success rate of 46 percent. and in fact we do have a weapons embargo in place from the european union against been a ruth, it's d w xandra peterson. sandra, thank you so much. the let's turn to some sports now and after you are 2020 football championship,

italy at one group a after beating whales, one neil and rome though both sides qualified for the last 16. but teo proceed not scored the winner for the italians with a header in the 1st half wales had ethan. i'm part who sent off, but they still qualify after finishing 2nd in the group. switzerland could still qualify is one of the best 3rd place teams after they be turkey, $31.00, and barker turkey exit the tournament after finishing at the bottom. let's take a look at that final group, a table. italy top. the group with 3 wins from 3 mattresses and 0 goals. conceited wales in switzerland. both have 4 points, but wales qualified with a superior goal difference. and turkey didn't manage a single when in a dismal campaign. italy's reputation as slow starters in major tournaments has been blown out of the water by their blistering form at you wrote 2020 and fans across the country celebrated their teams path to the last 16 in typically

passionate style jubilation on the streets of rome. i had no wonder with 3 winds out of 3 and not a single go conceited. italy's fans convince that all roads lead to london and confident and hopeful that will least make it to the final. we have a great team, a great coat, and we have a good chance of winning the tournament. the ones you don't know, it was certainly an easy road for italy with it's a good start. it gave us confidence and security. you know, we have to see how we will play the important matches mateo person a good the when it's really he was one of a new faces in a much changed side that worryingly for their opponent showed few signs of a drop in quality. never the motivation to waste such everyday. i'm very pleased to see that we change the players and the team played very well. many valid if i god,

we deserve to score more goals. but we'll defended fiercely, rosie, but i really liked what i saw in my team. the boys played very well, but i am watching. i was so excited. we're living the moment. we're very happy to be here. how are we going to face the quarter finals? well, we're going to put up a good fight. the actual fight starts, right? no. ominous words for austria and ukraine. one of whom will faith italy in the last 16. the healing has selected transgender athlete laurel hubbard, for each team, for the tokyo olympic games. later this year, the 43 year old weightlifter will become the 1st, openly transgender athlete at the olympic hubbard's testosterone level is below the maximum sent by the international olympic committee. critics claim she has numerous physical advantages, having competed as a man in the past zealand government backs for inclusion. early we

spoke to carissa power, bitter, a journalist in auckland, new zealand. she told us, hubbard's selection has divided opinion in the country. a survey helped by a new zealand news platform asking the public should trans women athletes compete in the same category? assess women had almost 10000 people voting. know and almost 900 respondents saying yes. so people are aware that our ideas around gender are changing, but they see the need to have a more extensive global research around transgender women competing at both the community level and elite level in women's fort. meanwhile, the news, the government thinks the question of which athletes were allowed to compete, and what classes in the late sport was back left to international federations. although the fundamental premise for them is everybody should have the right to participate. and that's where we should start the conversation here and new zealand

. switching gears to formula one and max vers stopping has extended his lead at the top of the driver's championship with a thrilling victory over world champion louis hamilton. the finish was closed, but the message from the weekend was clear. red bull is well place to end an era of mercedes dominance. it was clear at turn one, what the french grand prix would be all about. mercedes versus red bull, the young bull bush step and charging and the wise old champion hamilton waiting to pounce and pounce he did. but the younger man and his team had an ice up their sleeve running to stop strategy staff and was pitted at lightning speed to return on fresh rob that had his rival looking over his shoulder a copy, lewis depends on how easy is for him to get through hamilton's team, i wasn't easy but ethan wheel to wheel at 300 case. and now at the dutchman skill gave the chase a sense of inevitability. as they recriminations began to be when i said it's going to be

a to so for the final move turned out to be somewhat simpler. well, champion hamilton would be beaten into 2nd place on the 2nd last last the step and taking the chicken flag, the winner showing his brawn before celebrating the brains of the operation who delivered the victory. i made the call to do it through spoke. yeah, luckily the, the paid off. we had to work hard for it, but it was very rewarding. the red bull is now one the last 3 races and they had the sport sparkling you superstar the heat of the pack, the red balloon roll. and a reminder of our top story and shower armine as prime minister nicole pasha, done one another term in office after snap for elementary polls. posturing on hold

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